Signal-director for vehicles.



W. SOUTHERN. vSIGNAL DIRECTOR FOR VEHICLES.

APPLic/Tldu man sPT.25. |916.

S'UHEBN. SIGNAL DmEcToR FUR vEHlcLes.

i y A PPLlCATlONflLED SEPT.25,1916. 1323-2, 1 5, n Patented July 3, 1917.

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WILLIAM SOUTHERN, F NANAIMO,'BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA.

y SIGNAL-DIRECTOR FOR VEHICLES.

Specification or Letters Patent.

'Patented July 3, 1917.

Application led September 25, 1916. Serial N o. 122,157.

7b all whom/'it may concern.

Be it known that I, IVIILIAM SOUTHERN, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at Nanaimo, Province of British Columbia, Canada, have invented certain' new and useful Improvements in Signal-Directors for Vehicles, of which the following is a specication.

the direction in which the car is to turn or to go forward, so as to avoid collision, accident orconfusi'on, and thusmake operation of Vthe ca r quicker and safer.

A more specific object is to provide a director hand or arm and means for quickly raising it and turning a standard carrying the arm so that it will project to one side of the car, as a directing signal to the pedestrian, trailic officer and the car behind,

for promoting quicker action and greater Another object is to provide for conveniently applying one or more signal director `devices to the'windshield or other part of a car, and operating devices therefor in front of the operator, so ,that it will not be necesright or reach over to the left hand side o the car to Vsignal with his hand. A

The matter constituting my invention will be defined in the claims.

I will now describe -my invention in detail by reference to the accompanymg drawings, in which4 Figure l represents a side elevation of part of an automobile showing my director signal device applied to the wind-sh1eld.

Fig. 2 represents a rear elevation orinside view of a wind-shield showing my inventlon in lace.

' ig. 3 represents a top plan view of my director signal device in duplicate connected to a wind-shield, the front of the shieldbeing at the bottom of the ligure.

Fig. 4 represents a sectional elevatmn, on enlarged scale, of the -director slgn'ah- Fig. 5 represents a sectional elevatlomvon uicklyshowing to the? -sary for him to extend his arm out to the enlarged scale, of the lever-control s witcliy board. l

, on frame 3. 'I o the standard base cup latter ,in horizontal section.

I preferably construct my director signal with duplicate standards and director arms, that is, a' standard and arm attached to each outer edge of a 'wind-shield frame, on op.

other vehi- 4posite sides of an automobile or cle. Though I have shown the device attached to a wind-shield frame it may be secured to other 'supports at. the front of 'a veh1cle, as a carriage, wagon or car.

The directors A are shown in the pre-v ferred positions in Figs. 2 and 3 attached to the wind-shield. In constructing the directors I provide for each a standard l, 1 and as each'is a duplicate of the other I will describe one ofy them, as shown more fully in Fig. 4. Each is attached to the frame 3 of a wind-shield 2. The standard l has secured. to it a circularl base cup 4 adapted to turn on ball bearings in a holder cup 5. The cup 4 has a central angular opening or of a director standardv with the sleeve 4%, and an annular bottom groove 4b, v

also a rubber or other flexible buffer 4;@ to

protect the finger of the indicator arm 12 from injury. The holder cup 5 has a central round opening 5 and an annular groove 5" for the balls 6. The cups 4 and 5 are made of dimensions for permitting cup 4 to turn freely in cup 5. To cup 5 is rigidly secured a'supporting bar 7 having an extension arm 7a which-is provided with a Spring Clamp 8 to engage with 'the rframe 3 of a wind shield 2' or other supporting rod or post. The extensionarm 7a can be slid outward or turnedto one side in the forked or slotted bar 7 and is secured therein' by a' thumb-nut b. The clamp 8 is provided witha thumbnut a. Other well known kinds offastening devices vmay be used. v To the top of the standard is secured a hollow cap or bracket 10,v of substantially the same diameter as the base cup 4, and this cap is arranged to'turn -loosely and freely Vin a holder ring 9, which is provided with a rigidly connected supporting bar or shank 9a. Thisbar is preferably slotted for connection of a forked extensionarm 9", which is provided with a spring camp 9, Figs. 3 and 4. 't The arm 9b 1s secured to the bar 98L by a thumb screw b and-is,provided with a thumb screwa. for'tighteningthe clamp 9c row cap l() is lsecured a buerv or stop device 11. A swing- 'j'nglhollow director arm 12 is hinged at o to gtlie outelgedge o fcap'y 10 and.' is made of -buer 11 whenthearm lever 15, having light xnateria;` vsuch as. aluminum or other thin'metal, andisprovided witha rear ex-A tension member-12% vadapted to rest "on the in raised position shown in .Eig; '4. Therdirector arm'is-p erably provided ,with lines ofholes 12 .naar the edges andpwith an'indicator hand and' stenciledv arrow.' Anf electric light 13 iS xed in Ia 'socket at the'enner end of 'the arm, and to the socket is,- attached an' eleotric conductorcord llwhich vpasses down into ahollow Ilever 1'5 lto a pushbutoon l5b inthe handle. In case the' lever isfnot hollow theicord'will pass vthrough eyesorloops along theflength `of the lever;

,A bent 'hanger bar 14 is secured to the standard and terminates in a Jfoot vpiece 14S* having a socketbearing 14?. An operating a ulcrum 4bearing 15% pivotallyconnected at joint d'f-to ani 'an' -lar'stud or post 16,' vvhichvvorks vertica y i latter has a handle 15,

Arespectively with through the angular sleev e 4a of cup 4. The .fulcr'um bearing 15 "forms a swivel with the socket 14h, so that the handle of the levery may.be freely-tuiedto -the right or left `and `Work at' any v angle. Each of the signal director devices basa' short operating lever 15, Figs`. 2 and 3, connecting by a pi'vot joint c with .the ,connecting rod'15d and the Figs. 1 and 3,' Vadaptedto Workl in the 'slots 22 and .Q4- 24a of the lever control device 20FigsQ2 and 5.l To the upper end of thefpost 16 is secured an eye `-c, and tozthe'standard 1 are secured guide eyes f, f. A light Wire or chain 17 g is attached to 'the'eye e and passed through `the eyes ff and attached to an eye' g in the member 12a of the director arm. The.lever control switchboard 20, Fig. 5,- is secured 'by its central shank or stem 20 tothe front part of the machine near the steering post and Wheel,- as shown' inV Figs.' 1 and 2. This switch board is made with an upper arc-shaped member 2Q".

The stem 20 and member 20b are provided a slot 22 and24-Q4, the latter. being curved .asshown These slots serve forV guiding the movement of the t handle 15c of. the operating lever 15d.

i If the lever handle 15c is placed up in the central slot Q2 the director arms will point directly ahead as indicated inlig.` 1. If the handle 15 isfmove/d 'in slot 21 to the place marked right,? in 5, the director arms will be turned 4to' the left when the vehicle is to be turned to the left. In case' J,the vehicleis to be turned to the right thel handle 15c will be moved in slot 24a to lthe place marked left on the switch board. The operation is, very simple and canl be e'liected by the) chauffeur quickly-r and whilel one hand remains on the steering wheel. In the night -time the operator has only to press the push-button 15b inthe handle to light the lamps in the 'director arms.

rights on-any vehicle and may be quic y.

pnt intooperation. A l l I makeno claim in this application to an lectric light and'el'ectri'c 'connectionsV there-4 01'.' `,Having described by invention,vv .what I claim, and desire to secure by- Letters Patent, l A

1j. Inasignal'director device for vehicles, a 'holderbase .bea1ing' provided with 'an opening, -a standard having a base turn on the holderbase, al vertically movable `studpassing`tl1rough the openingsv and engaging' With'V thebase 'of the standard for, turning'the same, a the standard and means for-'raising the arm. 2.I In asigna-l director device for vehicles, a` revoluble standardl .-h'a'ving an upper bracket support, ai pointing or .indicating arm hinged to the bracket and havinga part yprojecting'back of the hinge, Aan operating lever and. a connection therefrom to the 'rear projection for raising'the arm into', the indicating osition.-A l '3.' In asigna-1 director device for vehicles, a holder base having ball'bearing's, a director' standard having abase fitting in the iholder to turn therein, an indicator/arm hinged to the top of the standard, a flexible connection' attached to the arm for raising itnd means for turning the directorstandar 4. In a signal 'director device for vehicles, a director `standard having a base mounted 'to turn on bearings and having anangular opening, an angular stud working said opening `to turn the standard, a pointer armk hinged near theiupper end of the standard and having a rearward projection, a iexible connection between the projection and said studand means connecting with the Stud for pullingit downward and for turning the standard, so 'that the arm may be raised and turned with Ithe` standard. l

'5. In a signal director device-for vehicles, the combination with a holder bearing having a bottom opening, of a director stand- 4 ard yhaving a base iii/said holderand also having a supporting hanger, a lever loosely connecting with said hanger and having pivoted' to its outer end .a stud engagin With'lsaid base, abracket at the upper en of the standard, an indicating arm hinged -to the bracket and a flexible connection from the'rcar. end of the arm to said stud, whereby the standard may be turned and its' arm raised'.

6. In a signal director device for vehicles, a revoluble director standard having a base. mounted to turn on bearings and having an opening, a vertically movable lstud in the a provided' with an angular opening and 'mounted tohinged pointing arm onv ifo opening adapted to engage with the base to turn the same, a pointer-arm hinvednear the upper end of the Standard, a exible connection between the rear end of the arm and said movable stud and means'connect,- ing with the stud for pulling it downward', so that the arm may Avberaised.

7. In a signal direetordevicegfor vehicles,

`the combination 'with :revluble Astandard mounted to turn at its` 'ilower fend on bear.- ings and having pointing arm its 'upper end,va downwardly! projecting Stud zeonnecting with thelowerjend'yof the `tz'rndard, a hanger secured .to the Standard, e lev'e'r connecting by a' swivel joint with thehanger andsaid stud, a rod, having 'a handle, Clon-g neeting` with said lever, anda llever vcontrol device having slots engaging said handleto permit it Ito be moved therein to control the turning movement of t'he standard.

8.' In a signal director device for vehicles,

hase of the Standard,a iexible connection between l-the arm and stud,l a hanger on the Standard, fain.7 Operating lever harvingfa fulcrum connection with the hanger and piv otally connecting with the lower end of said Std, rod, having a handle, connecting 'with the leveigyand fa lever control device having a vertical and right and left Slots with which said handle engages, whereby the arm may be, raised `and the standard turned and setj in the desired position.

Intestilnony whereof I aiix my signature in 'presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM SOUTHERN.

Witnesses: l

p ROBERT 'HOWARD ORMOND,

JOHN BARSBY.

a swinging pointing arm, of a' 

